Minutes 05-14-15 MINUTES OF THE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING
HELD AT FIRE STATION No. 2,2615 W. WOOLBRIGHT ROAD
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015, AT 6:30 P.M.
Present:
Paul Sirota, Vice Chair Debby Coles - Dobay, Public Art Manager
Cynthia Edwards
Rachel Mondesir
Aylin Tito
Anderson Slocombe
Absent:
Debbie Bottorff, Chair
Robyn Lorenz
Lisa Hyman, Alternate
I. CALL TO ORDER
Paul Sirota sat as Chair and called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
Self- introductions were made.
Ill. AGENDA APPROVAL
Ms. Tito moved to approve the agenda. Ms. Mondesir seconded the motion that
unanimously passed.
IV. APPROVE MEETING MINUTES
A. December 23, 2014 minutes
B. April 28, 2015 minutes
The members deferred approval of the minutes to the next meeting.
V. ANNOUNCEMENTS /REPORTS
A. Sister Cities Young Artist/Authors Friday, May 8, 6:30pm
Ms. Edwards attended this event and commented it was very nice. Work from Boynton
Beach, QuFu, China and Les Cayes, Haiti students was represented. Lake Worth
Christian, Boynton Beach High School and South Tech Academy students also submitted
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essays and art. The winner of the event was a visual artist who will attend the national
event in early June and they chose a student from Boynton Beach.
B. Conrad Pickel Celebration May 23, 8am - 1:30pm
Cards announcing the event were distributed to the members. There will be a free historical
tour from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and lectures start in the Library Program Room at 10:30. The
event ends upstairs in the afternoon with the exhibition which was installed earlier in the
day. New participants this year were the McMow Glass Studio and the Benzaiten Center for
the Creative Arts. They will also make presentations. Ms. Coles -Dobay held an Avenue of
the Arts Tour for a group from Palm Springs and one of the participants was a friend of Mr.
Pickel's secretary who had just passed. Another participant lives in a Conrad Pickel home
in Pompano Beach and would make a presentation.
VI. PROJECT UPDATES /APPROVALS
A. None
VII. AIPP STRATEGIC PLAN/MASTER PLAN
A. Strategic Plan outline changes and updates
At the last meeting, the members fine -tuned the Arts Commission goals, pros and
efficiencies and Ms. Coles -Dobay added bullet points. She requested the members'
comments.
B. Top 10 Program successes detail.
Ms. Coles -Dobay had requested the members submit measurements for the top 10
program successes and Chair Bottorff had submitted her comments which were added as
bullet points.
In response to a question about the economic impact from the Kinetic Art Symposium to be
funded, Ms. Coles -Dobay explained the Arts Commission prepared a survey the first year
they held the Symposium and received 400 responses. They created a summary and made
a report to the City Commission. This year, she wanted to have an economic development
survey. There are companies and other entities that provide funding opportunities for
events, but they want to see a private, non - partisan company conduct the survey. Ms.
Coles -Dobay found a company, but they wanted $7,000. She pointed out there may be a
way to hire a company as a collaborative event to assess all City and CRA events. She
commented the City should assess every event in the City to see if it achieves the desired
outcome. This year, they conducted a count. There were some measurements and an
informal survey was made.
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(Mr. Slocombe arrived at 6:52 p.m.)
Ms. Tito suggested having a social media presence and posting it with the City Rebranding,
the AIPP, and Kinetic Art websites.
Ms. Edwards thought combining items 6 and 10 of the AIPP Strategic /Master Plan, Item C
made sense. The revolving exhibits are part of the installed art. After brief discussion,
there was consensus to combine the items which freed up number 10.
The members were asked to focus on the top 10 AIPP program successes. Vice Chair
Sirota was curious about how community buy -in and support of the Art in Public Places
Program fit into top achievements. Ms. Coles -Dobay explained it takes a while to obtain
community approval and support when a new program is started.
The members discussed Item 9, Development cooperation /collaboration. After discussion,
there was agreement to reword the item to read: Development Cooperation and
Collaboration.
Ms. Coles -Dobay distributed an article which will be helpful for future discussions and
requested the members review it.
C. Districts - Town Square Cultural District
Visit these weblinks:
• http: / /boynton- beach.org /docs /Town Center Presentation 3 17 2015.pdf
• hftp:// catchboynton .com /images/Town- Square /SKM C454e15021116100.pdf
In the 2010 Vision Plan, the City was divided into five different areas. The City is looking to
parallel what the CRA was doing and the City was divided into seven districts. The City has
plans for all these areas which were previously reviewed. Only the Town Square should be
reviewed which is the City's Cultural plan. Both plans were prepared by the Treasure Coast
Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) in conjunction with major community stakeholders. Mr.
Slocombe had attended the presentation and was given an overview of the area from a
historical perspective and what could be done to bring development into the area. Attendees
split into six different groups and each table had a representative from the TCRPC. They
came up with six different plans which were incorporated into a report. The City wants to
develop public private partnerships to fund the Town Square. Options A and B were
developed.
(Mr. Sirota left meeting at 7:34 p.m. and returned at 7:35 p.m.)
Most of the area was intended to be pedestrian friendly. The Arts Commission will review
each component and discuss how public art can connect all the areas. A presentation
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reflecting integrative public art, and status art was viewed. Ms. Coles -Dobay encouraged the
members to drive around the area.
VIII. EXHIBITS
A. None
IX. NEW BUSINESS
A. None
X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. None
XI. FUTURE BUSINESS
A. None
XII. Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, Ms. Edwards moved to adjourn. Ms. Tito
seconded the motion that unanimously passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m.
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Catherine Cherry
Minutes Specialist
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